Both Uses of
adorn
in
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- Stephen, who had read of Napoleon's plain style of dress, chose to remain unadorned and thereby heightened for himself the pleasure of taking counsel with his lieutenant before giving orders.†
Chpt 2
- He went once or twice with his mother to visit their relatives: and though they passed a jovial array of shops lit up and adorned for Christmas his mood of embittered silence did not leave him.†
Chpt 2 *
Definition:
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(adorn) to decorate -- especially a person